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H. HANSON.

HAT, communism-3 HOLDING DEVICE.

. 7 APPLICATION FILED DEC- 22.1916- 1,308,670. Patented July 1, 1919.

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H. HANSON.

HAT, COALAND CANE HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22. I916. 1,308,670. Patented July 1, 1919.

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' UNITED sTA'rns PATENT OFFICE.

fiARRYHAN'soi Yor w mmr w iirAsSAoIirfsErTs; Ass'r'eivon or oNE-IiA-LF T LOUIS E. GADIEUX, or BoS'roN', MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT, ooA'r, ANIIJ'CANE HOLDING nnvicn.

T0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I; Haney Hanson, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at 22 Irvingstreet in the town of lVatertown', county of .Mi'ddlcsex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; havcinventeda new and rants and-other public places, and isso constructecl that the patron can make use of it without the aid of an attendant,the apparatus being normally in ail-unlocked position with the key? in the lockready for use but so held by; its mechanism that the key cannot be withdrawn from the lock nor can it be turned to 'lock the device' except byfirst dropping the coin of predetermined size into aslot, by which the coin is guided to position where the coin then forms apart of the apparatus which enables the key'to be turned to lock the holder. The apparatus is thenin position sothat the key can be' withdrawn from the lock and the patroncan' put thekeyin his pocket,-leaving his articles securely guarded: until he returns and with the key runlocks the holder. 1

The invention will be clearly understood when taken in connection with the accom' panying drawings and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and defined-1n the'claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings; Figure 1 is a front'elevation of a holder embodying the invention and showing various articles. hung on the holder, the' apparatus beingin locked position. I i 1 Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the'apparatus shown in Fig.1, the lower portion of the mount for the apparatus being'broken away. Fig. 3 is-a section on line 3-'3 of" Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is afront elevation on an enlarged Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

A pueaaon filed December 22, 1916. Serial No. 133,307.

scale of the locking apparatus unlocked, the front of the case being partly broken away and showing a coin which has'be'en dropped into the slot and has fallen on to its seat in the position to be engaged by' the key to actuate the locking mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the lock with the locking mechanism in' the position shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation showing the same parts as in Fig. abut in the position they occupy after the bolt has been thrown to lock the-holder and the key has been-removed.

Referring now to' the drawings, 1 represents the support on which the apparatus is mounted, which may be the side of" the wall, or a standard, or any other suitable support having a surface to which the ap pa-ratus may be attached. Preferably, however, it has a special frame on which it is mounted; In the drawings the apparatus is represented as equipped with means for holdinga hat-and 'anumbrel'la or cane and a hook to receive a coat, but the particular form of hanger or holder for any particular kind of article maybe varied according to the kind of articles that it is desired to provide for;

A segment gear 2- is provided with a radial arnr3 which is pivotally mounted on a pivot; 4' between the bracket plates 5, O,

secured to the backsupport 1 in any Suitable manner, the means shown consisting of screws 6. As'egment gear 7 which meshes with the segment gear 2 is provided with a radial arm 8 journaled on a pivot 9, which also is mounted in said bracket plates 5,-5.

By turningeither one of said segment gears on'its pivot, the other segment gear willalso beactuated.

The segment gear 7 is provided with an arm 10, to 'theend of which is secured a hoopf 11; of a Suitable shape to receive the crown of a hat 61. The segment gear 7 may be moved so as to bring-the arm 10 into'an upright position and thereby bring the hoop 11 back inclose proximity to the face of the support'l. p

The segment gear 2 is provided with an arm 12 and to the outer end of said arm 12 is secured a cross bar having oppositely extending arms, 13, 14. A hook 15 is secured to the faceof the support 1 just below the arm 14 of the cross bar, and a clip 16 is secured to the face of the support 1 just below the arm 13 of the cross bar near its outer end. Said clip 16 is of suitable form to receive a cane or an umbrella, being preferably of spring metal, the outer ends of which may be slightly sprung apart to allow the cane or umbrella handle to be inserted from the front in a well known manner. The hook 15 is of suitable form to permit hanging anything thereon, like any ordinary coat hook. I

The end of the arm 13 is formed with a reversely turned hook portion 17, that is, the throat of the hook faces toward the support while the throat of the clip 16 faces outwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, so that when the holder is closed, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the article which has been inserted in the holder clip 16 will be embraced by the clip 16 and the hook portion 17 of the guard arm 13. In this position it will be seen that an article, such as an umbrella 18, shown in Fig. 1, could not be pulled up ward out of the holder because it will be prevented by means of the cover of the umbrella, nor can it be pulled outward. A cup 19 secured to the back support 1 receives the lower end of the umbrella. ()f course it is possible that if a cane were in the holder instead of an umbrella, or if the umbrella had a perfectly straight small handle, or if the umbrella handle had a considerable length of space between the ends of the ribs of the frame and the clip, the um.

brella might be removed by pushing the umbrella handle upward sufficiently to move the lower end of the stock of the umbrella from the cup 19 so as to allow the umbrella to be pulled down through the clip and thereby withdrawn, providing the cup 19 were raised above the floor sufiiciently to allow the handle end to be pulled down through the clip 16, but the cup 19 should be so set and the holding apparatus should be so mounted that with umbrellas of the average size it would not be possible to withdraw them in the way described above.

To the arm 14 is secured a shield 20 which extends downward and preferably is semicylindrical, as shown in Fig. 3, being open on the back side and extending downward in front of the hook 15 so as to cover the hook. The lower end of this shield is open and the upper end has a top portion 21, as shown in Fig. 2. The semi-cylindrical form of the shield allows itss'ide edges when the apparatus is closed .to be in close prox-,

imit-y to the back support 1 so that access cannot be gained by inserting the fingers under the shield at the sides to remove the garment from the hook 15, and the top 21' shield bears against the outer end of the hook 15 as shown in Fig. 2, so that it would be extremely diflicult by inserting the hand on the under side of the shield to remove the garment 22 from the hook.

The safety locking mechanism is more particularly shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and will now be described. The bracket plates 5, 5 between which the segment gears 2 and 7 are pivoted are formed with a notch or the rear side forming a bolt slot. The locklng mechanism is mounted on the. support 1 adjacent the brackets 5, 5 and is providedwith a bolt which is adapted to be shot into the bolt slots 23, as will be hereinafter described. The locking mechanism, with the exception of the brackets 5, 5, containing the bolt slot and which may be termed the keeper, is contained within a casing 24 which is secured to the face of the support 1 by any suitable means. adapted to engage with the bolt slot 23 is slidable through a slot 26 in the side of the case 24, said bolt being attached to or formed integral with a slide plate 27 suitably mounted within the case. Said slide plate is supported at one end by the bolt portion 25 by reason of its engagement with the slot 26, and it is supported at its other end by means of a pin 28 projecting from the front of the case back through a guide slot 29 in the plate 27 Being supported in this way the bolt plates are sustained from falling. the upper edge of the bolt plate 27 there are formed two slots or notches 30, 31. A tumbler 32 is pivoted at one end on a pivot 33,

the bolt plate to hold the bolt in its looking or unlocking position, as the case may be.

A spring 35 is secured at one end at 36, its? other end being free and engaging the upper edge of the tumbler 32 to hold said tumbler in engagement with the appropriate notch in the plate 27.

A finger 37 extends from the tumbler 32 down on the back side of the boltpla'te 27 to be engaged by the key to disengage the tumbler from the notches in the bolt, as will be hereinafter described, and it also serves as a guard to prevent lateral displacement of the tumbler.

The bolt plate 27 is formed with a flaring sided notch 38 on its underside. The case 24 is formed with a key slot 39 to receive a key 40, said key slot being so located with relation to the notch 38 in the bolt plate 27 that the web 41 of the key can swing in said slot. A pin 42 projecting from the inner face of the case forms a stop which is adapted to engage the web 41 of the key to prevent it from being turned too far around in the backward direction when the bolt is in A slide bolt 25 which is slot 23 extending transversely thereof on;

. key from being turned in that direction far enough around from-the position shown in the locking position, that is, it prevents the Fig. 4 to bring the web 41" into alinement with the slot 39. If the keyis turned in the other direction the web will engage the shoulder '43 which forms one side: of the notch 38in the plate. If the plate is free to be moved when the keyis turned so that theweb 41 presses against the said shoulder .43, it willmove the slide plate to shoot thebolt. Normally, however, when the bolt is in the unlocked position the tumbler tooth 34 is in engagement with the notch 31 so that the pressure of the web'against the said shoulder. 43 cannot move the bolt andit can be moved only by releasing the said tumbler chute.

tooth from the notch 31.

Inorder to enable the tumbler to be released, provision is made whereby a coin 44:

of predetermined dimensions may be utilized to cooperate with the key and the tumbler to render the-mechanism operative. The coin may be introduced through a slot 45 in the coin chute 46' which will guide the coin to its seat in the position shown in Fig. 4. The bolt plate 27 is spaced away from the inner face of the case ashort distance by means .of the lugs 47 which project from the inner face of the case so that a sufficient width of space is left between the bolt plate and the casing for the passage of the coin. Thus the bolt plate and the wall of the case form two sides of the lower part of the coin The web 41 of the key forms a bottom stop when the coin is dropped into the slot so that the coin cannot drop beyond the key. The stud 28 projecting from the inner face of the case forms a stop to prevent the coin from falling through or sliding out at one side of the key, and the stud 48 which projects from the bolt plate 27 extends crosswise of the coin slot toward the inner face of the case and forms a guard to prevent the coin from rolling off on the other side of the "shown in Fig. 4 soas to swing the web 41 over toward the stud 48 the edge of the web will engage the lower side of the coin and by reason of the curved edge of the coin it will form a cam surface so that the turning of the key will lift the coin and at the same time move it slightly toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 4.

A lug 49 projects from the face of the tumbler 32 toward the inner face of the case in the space adjacent the coin slot and has an inclined face against which the edge of the coin will engage when the coin is lifted v and swung a little to one side of the key.

In Fig. 4 the coin is shown as moved by the coat hook and to the hat holder.

to engage the said lug 49. The continued movement of the key will turn the web 41 over farther toward the stud 48, thereby still further lifting the coin and thus by the engagement of the coin with the stud 48will-turn the tumbler 3211p on its pivot 33- far enough to lift the tooth 34 out of the notch 31. After the tooth has been lifted out of the notch 31 the continued turning movement of the key will bring the web 41 into engagement with the shoulder 43 of the bolt which is now free to respond to the pressure of the key and the bolt will thus bemoved into its locking position, that is, into engagement with the bolt slot 23 as shown in Fig. 6. By this time the web of the key will be turned far enough so that the web will be brought down into alinement with the slot 39 and the key 'can be withdrawn. When the key is withdrawn thecoin will be free to drop down into the coin box 50 in the lower part of the case. Said coin box 50 is closed by a door 51 which is provided with a lock 52 controlled by a key which will be kept by the proprietor or person in charge of the establishment so that he can remove the coins whenever necessary.

It will thus be seen that the key 40 can be removed only when the holder is locked.

lVhen the holder is unoccupied will be left in unlocked position, but with the key in the lock, as shown in Fig. 4, the bolt being in its backward position and the tumbler tooth 34 in engagement with the notch 31.

In this position the key has a certain range of movement but cannot be withdrawn, that is, it can be turned in one direction far enough for the web 41 to engage the stop pin 42 and in the other direction far enough to engage the shoulder 43 of the bolt plate, but it cannot be turned in either direction far enough to bring the web 41 down into alinement with the slot 39 to remove the key. It is now in readiness to be used at any time by a customer. When in this position the segment gears 2 and 7 may be turned into the position which will leave the hat holder 11 turned down away from the support 1 and will leave the arm 12 turned up so that the guards 17 and 20 connected therewith for locking the umbrella and garments will be raised. They may be left either in the inclined position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, or turnedup more or less as desired, sufficient, however, to allow ready access to the umbrella clip and the The customer will now make use of the hat holder and coat hook and umbrella clip, or such of them as he desires, and then swing them respectively into their closed positions, as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2. In order, however, to lock them in this position he must turn the key to slide the bolt into the bolt slot 23, and this can be done only by dropping the rightcoin into the coin slot, as previously described. When the bolt is moved into engagement with the bolt slot it slides in back of the inner ends of the two segment gears 2, 7 The support 1 is formed with a slot 53 into which the ends of the segment gears project when the segment gears are turned to bring the coat and hat holders into the open position (see Fig. 5), and when the coat and hat holders are in the open position the segment gears will extend crosswise of the bolt slot so that the bolt cannot be engaged therein. l/Vhen, however, the segment gears are moved into position for the garment holders to be in their closed position, the segment gears will be withdrawn from the bolt slot, then when the bolt' is engaged in the bolt slot it serves as a stop to prevent the segment gears from being turned to release the garment or other articles.

In the operation of the device the customer having hung'up his articles on the holder and then swung the holder arms back into the closed position, will drop the necessary coin into the slot and turn the key to throw the bolt into locking position, then remove the key and retain it until he desires to again remove his garments from the holder. As soon as he withdraws the key the coin -will drop into the coin box beneath. When he wishes to remove his garments he can reinsert the key and turn it in the reverse direction from that which he turned it in looking the device. As he turns it back the web of the key will engage the under side of the finger 37 and lift it up, thereby raising the tumbler 32 on its pivot and lifting the tooth 34 out of an engagement with the notch 30. In the continued turning of the key the web will engage the cam shoulder 52 on the side of the notch 38 whilethe tooth is stilldisengaged from the notch 30 and slide the bolt backward to un lock it. As soon as the bolt is in the unlocked position it will be moved far enough for the tooth to come into alinement with the notch 31. and the spring 35 will throw the tumbler into locking engagement with the said notch 31. The keyis prevented from turning down beyond the engagement of the web with the stud 42 so that the key cannot be turned in that direction far enough to be withdrawn and if it is turned backward it cannot throw the bolt into looking engagement again by reason of the fact that the bolt is restrained by the tooth 3 f being en aged with the notch 31.

It is o vious that the particular form of holder may be varied and still come within the scope of the invention. Instead of the hat holding ringll on the arm 10, some other form of holder may be employed. Instead of the hook 15 or the clip 16, some other form of holding device may be employed. So also the form of the guard 17 and shield 20 may be varied.

What I claim is:

1. A safety holder for garments and other articles comprising two segment gears, a support in which said segment gears are pivoted in such position that said gears mesh with each other, a backing on which said gears are mounted, said segment gears each having an arm, one of said arms being provided with means for holding garments or other articles, said gears being rotatable so as to swing said arms outwardly with relation to said back support to enable the articles to be attached to said holding means and also may be turned to swing said arms aroundinto close proximity to said back support, and means for locking said segment gears in said backward position.

2. A safety holder for garments and other articles comprising two segment gears, a support in which said segment gears are pivoted in such position that said gears mesh with each other, a backing on which said gear support is mounted, said segment gears each having an arm, hanger means attached to said back support and adapted to hold a garment or other article, one of said gear connected arms being provided with a guard which when the gears are moved to a position to bring said arms into proximity to said back support cooperate with said hanger means to prevent the articles held thereby from being removed, and means 100 for locking said gear segments in closed position to retain said guard element in operative relation to the hanger means.

3. A. safety holder for garments and other articles comprising two segment gears mounted in such manner as to mesh with each other, means for supporting a garment and another article in suspended position, guard mechanism for preventing the articles from being removed from the supporting means when the said segment gears are turned into certain predetermined position, and means for locking said segment gears and guard mechanism in said protective re lation to each other.

4. A safety holder for garments and other articles comprising two segment gears, a support in which said segment gears are pivoted in such position that said gears mesh with each other, a backing on which said gear support is mounted, said segment. gears each having an arm, one ofsaid arms being provided with a hat holding ring a garment holder or hook attached to said back support, an umbrella holding clip also attached to said back support, a crossbar secured to the arm connected with the second of said segment gears, said cross bar bein provided with a shield which when the said segment gears are turned back brings said shield in front of said garment hanger, said bar also being provided with a guard which when the gears turn back cooperate with the umbrella holding clip to engage the umbrella to prevent it from being moved from the clip, and means for locking said gears in their backward position.

5. A safety holder for garments and other articles comprising two segment gears, a support to which said segment gears are pivoted in such position that they mesh with each other, a backing on which said gear support is mounted, at least one of said segment gears having an arm, a hanger for articles attached to said back support, one of said gear-connected arms belng provided with a guard Which when the said segment gears are turned back brings said guard into cooperation with said hanger to embrace the article supported by the hanger, and means for locking said gears in position to hold said guard in operative relation to said hanger.

, HARRY HANSON.

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